***EDIT: 1/9/24 The power went out last night at my parents house for about 3 hours and they didn't even notice! I only knew because I got the notification in the app! How cool!*** Learn more about EcoFlow's Whole Home Backup: bit.ly/48cYW2R

@DJMANDY467

6 ай бұрын

OMGGGGG YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

@grumpyfan777

6 ай бұрын

Wait why did they not get the notification because it's their house?

@russellv6234

6 ай бұрын

@@grumpyfan777because he set up the app . . . . .

@RLWolf80

6 ай бұрын

Why are you getting the notifications on your parents' house? Shouldn't your parents be getting that notification for EcoFlow and your parents could let you know about it? Instead of you not trusting them with the controls and alerts?

@russellv6234

6 ай бұрын

@@RLWolf80or they havent set it up yet. Or his parents dont care and just want a seamless solution.

I purchased the ecoflow pro before Christmas due to your longer term reviews and usage experience. Yes there are other excellent products in this crowded space, and the pricing can definitely be argued.... each approach and combination of pieces, installation needs, ease of controls and smart phone apps, and so on... everything adds up. I felt that this product had the best 'overall value and backing', with ease of add-ons, of the products out there, and I appreciated that it's made in the USA. I'm happy to pay a premium for that. Initial purchase price isn't the most important factor. Thanks for the detail you put into these. There are plenty of your viewers who really appreciate it.

Watched you guys for years, dial back the infomercial salesman tactics. You gained followers being your genuine self.

@AdrienRochereau

6 ай бұрын

agreed, this is just a giant commercial :(

@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524

5 ай бұрын

Sorta but it's really interesting and does appear to be a great product. If products turn out to be not as good as hoped, they do say so.

@getlostinit3D

5 ай бұрын

If you where getting 10s of thousand dollars and free gear you might smile and talk about the product...

@joshuamoore3846

2 ай бұрын

​@AdrienRochereau Who. The fuck. Cares. Jesus Christ, you people are so whiny

Their last five videos have included two "best of" clip reruns. A commercial for this charger and an e-bike. The Christmas train was the only original video in a long time.

Love the video, but when testing saws, drills, vacuum, etc., you should really do so under load (cutting wood, drilling, blocked suction, etc.). Keep the great content coming!

@theresawhite7981

6 ай бұрын

Blocking the hose on a vacuum reduces the load. There is nothing to move and the motor runs faster.

Definitely wasn't expecting another solar ad when the video was delayed. I get it gotta pay the bills but we would all rather you just not upload while you take time off for the holidays

@CB-xr1eg

6 ай бұрын

"we would all? Speak for yourself guy. No problem with them putting this out whatsoever. You said it yourself "gotta pay the bills". My only gripe would be that we hardly saw Courtney but nvm.

@automaticprojects

6 ай бұрын

People’s attention is priceless, especially when nearly 4 million videos are uploaded to KZread every day. Riley and Courtney have built an amazing channel over the past few years, but they cheapen it when they do an informercial for EcoFlow or Engwe e-bikes. I know everyone has bills to pay, and upfront cash is hard to resist, but each one of these videos chips away at their audience and reminds the viewer than only some of their content is worth watching. I think in the long run it’s a bad deal.

@fredrikg120

6 ай бұрын

Agree, just dont upload. I can watch infomerchials on tv if thats what i wanted

@brianmills4891

6 ай бұрын

@@CB-xr1egtotally agree! People act like someone made them watch the video. Not everyone watches for entertainment alone. Some people actually appreciate the learning, experience and perspective that gets presented.

@CB-xr1eg

6 ай бұрын

@@brianmills4891 Pretty arrogant of Ryan to think he was speaking for us *all* in his complaining comment. It's certainly not the case!

The first video back from the holidays and you give us an advertisement🤬

What are the odds you and "Wild Wonderful Off Grid" channel put out the exact same video on the same day? 😮

Fire me up!! Didn’t think a video was coming till Sunday, totally cool system. My residence has a whole house generator, it’s Sweet, love back up and alternative energy. Great content as usual!

This is the third EcoFlow content/commercial I've watched this week. It's like Eco Flow batteries are the new Hello Fresh of KZread sponsors. One thing they don't explain very well is, if your lights go out for more than a day or two in a modern home, these batteries are going to be useless after a day or two if you don't have a huge expensive solar panel and a lot of sunlight to charge them up. If I had to choose between these expensive batteries and an equally expensive diesel or natural gas generator, I think I'd go with the generator.

@nickstein7099

6 ай бұрын

I used to feel the same way but solar panels are dirt cheap these days and a few hours of full sun will recharge this thing faster than you'd expect. Cheers

@rixtrix11

6 ай бұрын

Very fancy(pricey) unit with all the smart features. Priced out of our budget, so we have a manual system with a 12k generator that can connect to our electrical panel backed up with a 2.4kw Anker and 3-350w $35 used solar panels to ensure charging. Less than $3k and I did all connections ...

I really like this channel. I really do. I’ve also always understood sponsored videos. I have no idea the pressures of constant video content. I will say that, while this type of video may maximize revenue for the channel, the more content is focused on products the less viewers will click in. We come to see you and your family, not the products.

@markmitchell457

5 ай бұрын

Product placement and sponsored videos are fine with me. Whatever keeps the video business going.

This channel has morphed into one giant advertisement.

Great video Riley! The only issue is, the EcoFlow is 2X higher cost than conventional home battery backup inverters. It looks great, but it's pricey for molded plastic.

@rthomp03

6 ай бұрын

It's not the molded plastic that increases the price, it's all this marketing they are doing on KZread and elsewhere. All these units that they give away to "influencers" are paid for by those who fall for the marketing rather than doing their own research.

@brianmills4891

6 ай бұрын

a dedicated home backup can be done DIY cheaper, but by the time you buy all the little components, breakers, etc. to get this depth of functionality and portability and then add the "smart" features, I think you'd be hard pressed to show much of difference. And that's considering the home owner knows how to do it all and has the tools, etc. There are some great units out there these days, but this is a very compelling setup. I put in a 6000W growatt 2 years ago with 10Kwh of EG4 batteries for about the same cost as the starter kit with the $1000 off code and free shipping. So got 40% more battery but a less capable all in one, with no portability, no offsite controllability, no additional outlet options, and a lot of DIY wiring and work for about the same money.

@fredrikg120

6 ай бұрын

But the sponsorship pays well.

@MayankJairaj

6 ай бұрын

I dont think a casual user like Riley's parents would like to go the DIY route

@bobdv2741

6 ай бұрын

Exactly my sentiments @@rthomp03 . But as you know , we - the youtube channel subscribers - hold the key to stop the advertisement scam . It's going from bad to worse . On all the channels mind you .

Nice job powering your parents' essential circuits with off grid solution. Glad to see Courtney, but miss seeing Oliver and your dogs.

Weird that Josh & Erin did a similar video on the same day. Power back up system for Josh’s parents. Thanks for the video

@fredrikg120

6 ай бұрын

How is it weird? They are paid by ecoflow to make ad videos.

@roywaite5793

6 ай бұрын

@@fredrikg120 same day videos. Just found it odd that they previewed the same product on the same day. I guess it’s a special this week?

It seems wild wonderful offgrid did an identical video. Ecoflow must have set script and eligibility requirements

@markmitchell457

5 ай бұрын

Wadda you think? They need millions of viewers to sell product. They are trying social media influencers, and be thankful they are if you like these channels.

I understand some of the critical comments, but this video helped me a lot. This system checked several boxes for what I need. I have bought BLUETTI, I wish you all would show balance and show a comparable BLUETTI system or tell us if there is one or not.

Can't believe I just watched the same thing on "Wild and Wonderful Off Grid" where Josh installed this system for his parents. Really guys? Is advertising (sponsors) taking over your channels?

@elliot330

6 ай бұрын

its a wonder if ecoflow will actually sell any units after they've given so many away

Congratulations to your parents! Probably about 90%+ of houses (not apartments) in India have inverter-based power backup. However, these setups typically use lead acid batteries for their much lower cost and also a lot of square wave inverters (we upgraded to a sine wave inverter in 2022).

@MayankJairaj

6 ай бұрын

LiFePO4 lasts a bit longer than our conventional batteries, also since u mentioned india i don't think we have recycling plants here btw what sine wave inverter are u using? i couldn't find any in my city here most are square or polygon

@hsjawanda

6 ай бұрын

@@MayankJairaj I haven't verified using an oscilloscope, but the Microtek UPS JM SW 5500/48V is claimed to be a Sine wave inverter rated at 5 KW (upgraded in 2022). Our earlier one used to be a Microtek 1400 W model with square wave output. If you have access to an oscilloscope, you might want to verify the output waveform before you buy.

@hsjawanda

6 ай бұрын

@@MayankJairaj LiFePO4 is expected to last at least 3 times longer than lead acid batteries, with zero maintenance. Moreover, lead acid batteries should be charged when their charge drops to 50%, whereas Lithium batteries can be comfortably discharged down to 10%, so the real-world capacity of Lithium batteries is much higher than the quoted capacity of Lead Acid batteries.

@MayankJairaj

6 ай бұрын

@@hsjawanda yeah that one must be sine wave, it costs thrice the one I have. sry that polygon word was an error I meant trapezoidal waveform, great to see indians also in the *DIY space! 🤞

@hsjawanda

6 ай бұрын

@@MayankJairaj Yes, it would be great to see Indians in the DIY space (we have a lot of hidden talent), but unfortunately I'm not one of them (too lazy & unskilled): the most I've done is make my own electrical extension boards (commercial ones have very short wires & wire quality is unknown) and attach commercial power strips to walls wherever I needed more plug points (kitchen & my home office) 😆. Recently fixed a (literally) broken power plug in my office that also required drilling in to the wall to secure the faceplate (the older holes were worn out).

Very cool, with so many options out there it’s nice to see a system demonstrated and I like and trust that you stand behind the products you show in your videos. Thanks for this demo.

Nearly every tuber I watch has been reviewing this item. There are some shortcomings that seem to be overlooked depending on the reviewers testing methods but overall this looks like a great system.

@CraigTaylor

6 ай бұрын

Good sponsorship team at Ecoflow it seems.

@ronblack7870

6 ай бұрын

@@CraigTaylor his pitch is better than any salesman so i hope they got all that for free

You really have become absolute professionals at making 14 minute paid commercials seem like regular youtuber videos...

Oof. I watched JerryRig Everything do almost exactly the same video just yesterday. He installed one at HIS parents house too. I love watching you guys, and I know you gotta pay the bills, but something stuck with me once while watching a Kara and Nate video: "This was the year of sponsorship where we went places based on who would pay us to visit and advertise their stuff." Watch their hour long 100th country video. ...I know you guys aren't doing that, but when ecoflow pays two separate KZreadrs to do the same plot line separated by a day... >>sad face

Not really a big fan of the commercial videos.

Gotta love when 10 youtubers all drop the same "i LOVE this brand" video on the same day.

@JorenMathews

6 ай бұрын

To be fair it does seem like a really good product. We've already seen Ambition Strikes negatively review sponsored things. Is it worth the money? That depends on how much money you have. I'm sure it's not the cheapest option depending on how much you want to DIY.

@donaldfrazier5244

6 ай бұрын

Second one I’ve seen today on this very same overpriced back up system!

@gsftom

6 ай бұрын

Looks like all influencers got the nod to do ecoflow infomercials. This is one of the best channels on yt. I know it’s a commercial, but love their other videos.

@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403

4 ай бұрын

@@JorenMathews There's no way you can tell if this is a good product from this video. The video was highly flawed. For example, when he "tested" the EcoFlow by turning on the faucet and saying, see? it powers the well pump, well that was just crap. Anyone who's lived with a well pump knows that the well doesn't kick on the moment you turn on the wter. If you're using a blue pressure tank (like most people do), you might use 8 gallons of water or more before it finally needs to bother the well for more water. Translation: just turning on the faucet for a second in no way will let you know if it can power a well pump. I'm sure it can, but I didn't like that AT ALL. The well pump DID NOT kick on when he "tested" it.

@jonmarshall3414

3 ай бұрын

@@donaldfrazier5244 these are actually below market rate for comparable battery systems.

I started to add this to my watchlist, but then noticed it's just an ad.

So I guess the question (?) is answered. It's Battery Back-Up, not off grid. Love all the videos.

That is truly awesome if I wasn't old retired and on disability I would definitely be looking into a setup like that that is super cool thanks for showing us.

@donaldfrazier5244

6 ай бұрын

I agree that this isn’t affordable for most of us retirees on fixed incomes!

Help your Mom out and reverse her fridge door.😅

I came here to learn about the Delta Pro Ultra and EcoFlow Smart Home panel so you can ignore the negative comments about doing an infomercial. I have the EcoFlow River 2 Pro that runs 3 fans (one AC and 2 DC) on solar under a canope to keep my chickens cool in the summer so I am interested in any products that they are coming out with.

you got them for free, i cant aford them.

Ecoflow needs to update their ad copy. Average is home uses 30 kWh a day, not 3 kWh.

Awesome ecoflo commecial thoroughly enjoyed it thanks .

First jerryrig installed this system in his grandparents house and now u install it in ur parents house.. grt...✌🏻✌🏻

Love you guys, but this "add" after 3 weeks? hitting 500k or 1m is getting pushed out. I have been looking for options for my home and off grid property. Have a 5k system now, but options are nice. Im concerned with using an APP to control things, if it goes down or out, give me a switch!

What a coincidence!!, Wild Wonderfull off Grid from West Virginia did excatly the same as you for theyre parents And used the same product. Good to be able to give back to youre Parents, Thanks for the video Love from UK x x

Waiting a week just to see a 13 min sales pitch is disappointing. I know it's their channel and they can post what they want, but it has been successful due to good content and loyal viewers. This channel has been slowly turning into an infomercial for whatever very expensive products some company gives them to peddle to viewers.

@fredrikg120

6 ай бұрын

Sadly i agree. They are slowly ruining it. Infomercial Strikes!

So this is a cool tool. I will point out that for most American homes 7500 watts is literally NOT whole house electrical outlets, lights, water heater, microwave and washing and drying. For those that have 3 or 4 ton a/c this would t come close to powering whole house. For an entire 2000 sqft home to power entire house, 20 kilowatts whole house generator are needed. I love this family channel but wanted to point out that 7,500 output is the same as a gas generator. I love the modular design and upgradable ability of it. Whole generator Briggs and Stratton, Kohl’s, and generac are most common whole house and usually run off natural gas or propane. These are very expensive but actually provide a lot of security for outages and bad weather. I thank you for showing this. I wonder how much these things cost. Keep making videos. I love them. I couldn’t do 98% of the manual labor that you guys do but love seeing how someone else can make it happen! Well done!

I was interested in getting this. But not getting any information on how long the one battery will last on a single charge. I called ecoflow and talked to 3 different people and no leget answer. Final answer answer was 6000$ battery will run 1 refrigerator for 8 hours. Wow.

In Britain, most homes have a water tank in the loft (roof space) so running out of water is not too much of a problem.

@AmbitionStrikes

6 ай бұрын

Using gravity to your advantage, I like it!

@want2behere

6 ай бұрын

Even here in India..also most of the old houses in the cities and villages used to have open wells for water and with the rainwater harvesting being made mandatory in some states the wells keep us supplied with water throughout the year..

@ronblack7870

6 ай бұрын

is that with a well ? also his test was bogus. every well pump system has a pressure tank that stores water with a bladder and air to keep it pressurized. so the pump wont turn on till that hits a low pressure switch.

@AmbitionStrikes

6 ай бұрын

@@ronblack7870 We accidentally completely drained the pressure tank while the power was off for the install. The pump kicked on as soon as we fired up the backup!

i know its expensive with a long ROI, but building up a battery bank to charge overnight when power cost is low, then during the day disconnecting from the grid to only run off battery power. i could see this as being useful.

This system looks so awesome, but wow is it a CHUNK of change investment. EcoFlow is really doing well and starting to mark up some name recognition.

@mjd85la

6 ай бұрын

😢$7k! Wow

Not sure what is going on with all the you tube channels, but it seems like more and more of them are doing infomercials. I know you all need the money because none of you work. I like it better when we can see what you are doing on your place. Just sayin'. I enjoy most of your videos..

That whole internet connectivity thing is a deal breaker for me.

We love our EcoFlow system we built for our class A motorhome we use for our business. I'm planning to purchase one of these new systems for our home in the next year or so. We have a few other projects that need to be accomplished first, but know this is the way to go! Thank you again for bring me another great DIY video!

This device is great. Awsome house upgrade. GG Ecoflow.

Wild Wonderful Off-Grid did the same!

The beginning of the end of a once great youtube channel.

Epic Riley ... skidding on the Wheelie Tray 😁😁🤣🤣 We get so much pleasure watching your videos. Happy New Year to you and your family!!! 💖💖

A 13 minute commercial!🙄

This unit is not connected to the whole house, only 5 circuits. You didn't test the back-up under full power, the refrigerator should be running the compressor (not just the light). You needed to turn on the well pump, boiler and refrigerator compressor all at the same time. If you need to bring a 12K generator to charge the batteries, just use the generator. This unit is nice in certain places but it well not replace a whole house generator running on natural gas, that will run 24/7 if necessary. And these generator can also be switched automatically. Batteries are always limited, yes this unit ran at max 7200watts, but only for a short time,

@russellv6234

6 ай бұрын

no shit. thanks obvious explainer. And they dont need to test the fridge and well pump at the same time because they tested it to over 7kw. The well and fridge combined arent coming close.

Thank you!

Gr8 to see you back Riley and Courtney and Oliver of course when they put in an appearance 😊

Awesome. A commercial just like Jerry Rig's video.

Great job 👏

Everyone’s parents are getting these new units. Haha. Jerry rigged just put one in his parents house too.

My question is: if your internet providers coverage of your area goes down with the power, how can you control/see the status of your battery?

This EcoFlow looks like a reasonably priced alternative to a whole house generator, especially since it appears to be a manageable DIY install, panel and all.

That thing looks amazing! I think I would have added the water heater to the back-up. I'm a cranky dude if I can't take a shower. LoL!

While it's commendable that they installed this complimentary unit in their parents' house, there are more cost-effective and equally user-friendly alternatives offered by other vendors.

Very Cool! Good job.

Very nice backup system, Every one remember the key word "Backup" not quite there for full time but its a start. Maybe one day...John 🤠

😂Good gift you gave to your parents 😊

that is so badass excuse the language but you guys are so amazing i cant wait for the next adventure thank you

This kind of infomercial I can tolerate because it’s done by two people that use this technology daily, and they can evaluate it independently and accurately having one of these “infomercials every once in a while on their KZread channel is just fine. I learned a lot of very good information about different products that they happen to use in their off grid life

Zack from JerryRigEverything installed the same system in his parents house yesterday.

Do you think youtube should require creators to label videos as infomercials when they're shameless infomercials?

@inquarro

6 ай бұрын

I'd prefer something like community notes on X/Twitter. Let the audience contribute to a badge or stripe on the thumbnail to let future watchers know it's just a 13 minutes of advertisement.

@lilmsgs

6 ай бұрын

@@inquarro Twitter is a different app and not youtube

@weirdguybr

6 ай бұрын

FTC requires such disclosures and KZread provides a tool for that, which they didn't use for this video. (On a video properly labeled, there will be a "Includes paid promotion" box showing up on top of the video).

@inquarro

6 ай бұрын

@@lilmsgs I don't contest that. Is your point that a feature like Community Notes wouldn't work on KZread?

@lilmsgs

6 ай бұрын

@@weirdguybr The video had the "includes paid promotion" on it at the beginning

can you solor chg it when its connected to the house as in running it ?

What solar generator setup would you recommend for running a off grid hunting camp? Mainly running a small refrigerator/freezer and lights and a fan? Refrigerator would need to run for 2-3 days at a time

Nice! Do your parents a favor and swap the hinges on the fridge door so it opens into the kitchen instead of into the wall.

That's awesome!

This account is not what it used to be 😢

I want to say thank you for when you two are taking a family break from big projects you still take the time to produce content. I like so many love seeing your day to day living. We fell in love with you! However Riley you have gotten so smooth at being in front of the the camera. I do enjoy seeing the tech stuff but definitely love seeing the personality and interaction between you now three. Each video doesn't necessarily need to be greater than the last as long as it has you in it. Please know i think you are amazing and i love watching your thought processes especially when trouble shooting. Your fans Blake and Deb!

This is awesome for your parents. I do find it funny however that all the KZread channels I watch are doing the same video this week for their parents! Lol

It’s great but very expensive. Maybe not when compared to a whole house generator but a significant investment. Of course there are some middle of the road options too.

Nice video Blippi!

The Thing I don't understand is in their own ad it said to charge off a generator it must be an inverter generator. I am thinking might be able to charge it with a regular generator if you use the car charger adapter and a level 1 charger.

Hey, happy new year glad you’re back. How much does the base system cost?

I had that exact couch growing up, many nights playing hot lava with the cousins on that thing xD

Great solution.

hi this is great I am seriously considering to buy one. We sometimes go without power for one month during hurricane time, how much of these units do you recommend to buy, as the house is very similar to size as this one.

Don't get the Off Grid part, more like a backup generator, doesn't seem to be off grid. When I think of off grid, I think no electric bill. Maybe I am wrong.

Considering the flooding outside, I would want the battery pack/inverter well up off the floor.

Do you have any idea what the idle consumption of the delta pro ultra is? I can’t find it anywhere.

This video doesn't properly disclose that it's an ad

everyone's parents is getting off-grid. This is hilarious. This is going to be the new Dyson vacuum meme

@Amonephis

6 ай бұрын

yeah, seems like they all got the same script to follow from EcoFlow, at least its not as annoying as the AG1 sponsoships yet.

@ronblack7870

6 ай бұрын

what's the attraction to off grid? it's generally more trouble and more effort

@andrewgee241

6 ай бұрын

It is a fantasy that you are freer and more independent. Of course off griders spend hours per day doing things that us lame suburbanites can do in a second by flipping a switch or turning a faucet. Time is the most valuable thing so wasting it doing things like collecting water is not my idea of freedom.

Happy New Year

this complete video reminds me of a info commercial better luck next time 73 dan

Hopefully you got the full pro power package on that lightning so when it is snowed in you can back up your solar batteries.

I would love to see a comparison between this and typical backup batteries. Also couldn't you still use the original backup generator to help buffer the battery in longer outages?

Will there be a regular video today, or just this ad?

What about charging when the power is out more than 24 hours? I assume solar, but how much would be needed to keep it functional. That would be essential where i live.

What about washers and dryers? Can this handle them in the course of a day?

You guys have such good content, please STOP with the infomercials.

Do you need the Eco flow panel for off grid or can I connect this unit directly to my electrical panel?

Short and sweet. But still loved it. Like to do this to our house too

Awesome! Now immagine stacking 2 more of thos 6kWh batteries under there

Don’t mind the warriors… this sort of content is very relevant to people that live close to the edges of the grid, or just enjoy knowing solutions before we need them. Thanks for the effort guys.

Riley, your parents sending you to college was money well spent. Hugs.

90kwh is not 30 days, even conservatively, for the typical American household. Feel like if they had a generator setup, they would have been better off with a better generator, especially with no solar panels included. Realistically at best I see this being good for a day or two off backup during a small outage. I could see this being a decent product but not for this particular use-case.